Kruidnoten
Pepernoten
- 100 GRAM SELF RAISING FLOUR
- 50 GRAM BUTTER
- 50 GRAM BROWN SUGAR
- 2 TBSP MILK
- 1 TBSP BISCUIT SPICES
- 110 GRAM SELF RAISING FLOUR
- 60 GRAM BUTTER
- 50 GRAM BROWN SUGAR
- 25 GRAM PANCAKE SYRUP
- 1 TBSP BISCUIT SPICES
Mix all the ingredients well to a dough and form about 100 balls. Put these on a greased baking tray and bake 12 minutes at 170 degrees. They will probably not look as nice as on the picture, but they will taste much better!
Melt the butter and dissolve the sugar and pancake syrup. Take the mixture off the heat and stir in the other ingredients. Mix well, put the dough in the fridge for two hours. Roll it out en cut out small squares or circles, using for instance an apple drill. Bake 15 minutes at 175 degrees Celsius.
Kruidnoten are a part of the Dutch Sinterklaas tradition, just like speculaas. The Zwarte Pieten (Black Peters), helpers of Sinterklaas, carry the cookies in jute bags and throw them at the kids.
speculaas, whereas pepernoten have more or less the same consistency as gingerbread men.
Pepernoten are also small Sinterklaas-related cookies. They look the same on the picture, but taste completely different. Kruidnoten are crispy like
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